Butter-box



(ModeL) W. E. DOW.

BUTTER BOX.

No. 462,241. Patented Nov. 3, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VASON E. DOlV, OF ORANGE, VERMONT.

BUTTER-BOX.

SPEOIFICATIOhl forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,241, datedNovember 3, 1891.

Application filed February 20, 1891. Serial No. 882.259. (ModeL) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VVASON E. DOW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orange, in the county of Orange and State of Vermont, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Boxes and Closures and HandlesTherefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and theletters marked thereon.

My invention relates to boxes having detachable covers and detachablehandles or bails.

The said invention consists in the combination of a box-body anddetachable cover with a wire bail and fastening especially c011-structed and applied, as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view, and Fig. 2a vertical central section taken in a plane parallel with and close tothe side of the handle of a butter-box provided with a cover andfasteninghandle constructed and combined in accordance with myinvention.

A designates the box-bod y, B the cover, an d O the bail, which is alsothe cover-fastening and body-brace. The said bail consists of a singlepiece of wire, which extends across the cover B and down two oppositesides of the body A, being formed at the ends into pointed hooks at.These are pressed into the material of the said sides at the lower edgesthereof and slightly under the bottom of the said body. The uprightparts of the said wire as set forth.

above the said hooks are in contact with the said sides, and theintermediate horizontal part of the said wire is in contact with thesaid cover, as shown at d (1 near each side, forming a fasteningtherefor, except in the middle, where it is bent up to form a handle D,by which the box may conveniently be carried. By pulling the hooks a outof the material the bail C is readily detached in order to allow theopening of thebox or for any other purpose. Attachment is equally easy.The wire bail C also braces the sides of the box-body and holds thecover 13 down in its place so firmly that no dustcan work under it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a box, the cover B and the box-body A, in combination with the wirebail O, which extends down in contact with two opposite sides of thesaid body and is formed at its ends into pointed hooks a, that catchunder the bottom of the box-body and may be pressed into the lower edgesof the said two sides, the intermediate horizontal part of the wire bailextending across the cover B and being in part bent in contact therewithat d (1 near the sides of the said cover, so as to act as a fasteningtherefor, but being also bent up in the middle to form a handle D,substantially WASON E. DOW. Witnesses: H 4

T. J. DEAVITT, GEO. W. Lone.

